Monoculus is a genus of succulent plants in the pot marigold tribe within the sunflower family, split from the genus Osteospermum by Bertil Nordenstam in 2006.[1][2]
Monoculus | |
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Monoculus hyoseroides | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Calenduleae |
Genus: | Monoculus B.Nord. |
Species | |
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The two recognised species occur in the Western Cape of South Africa, with one species (M. monstrosus) extending into Namibia.[1][3]
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